Grantee Research Project Results
Novel Catalysts for the Low Temperature Oxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds
EPA Contract Number: 68D30071Title: Novel Catalysts for the Low Temperature Oxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds
Investigators: Wright, John D.
Small Business: TDA Research Inc.
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: II
Project Period: September 1, 1993 through August 1, 1995
Project Amount: $150,000
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase II (1993) Recipients Lists
Research Category: SBIR - Air Pollution , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) , Air Quality and Air Toxics
Description:
New regulations are forcing the control of very dilute volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. Although catalytic incineration in increasingly the technology of choice, energy and catalyst costs rise dramatically as the VOC concentration decreases. Energy costs could be reduced dramatically if catalysts were available which were active at lower temperatures. In addition, the use of metal oxide based catalysts (instead of the platinum group catalysts currently used) would lower the initial cost of VOC control.In Phase I, TDA Research synthesized and tested a fundamentally new type of metal oxide based catalyst that has the ability to oxidize CO, hydrocarbons and oxygenates at temperatures which are 100?C to 150?C (180?F to 270?F) lower than is possible with current catalysts. In Phase II, TDA will develop methods of supporting these catalysts on a honeycomb, determine the activity of the supported catalysts as a function of temperature against compounds representative of the various categories of VOC's, test their resistance to common catalyst poisons, and carry out an engineering analysis to determine their economic potential.
Supplemental Keywords:
Sustainable Industry/Business, RFA, Air, Scientific Discipline, Waste, Toxics, Technology for Sustainable Environment, Sustainable Environment, HAPS, Environmental Chemistry, Engineering, Chemistry, & Physics, Incineration/Combustion, VOCs, cleaner production/pollution prevention, air toxics, New/Innovative technologies, Environmental Engineering, catalysts, hydrocarbons, oxidation reactions, oxygenates, catalyzing oxidation, novel catalyst systems, emission control strategies, emissions, hydrocarbon, emissions control, emission controls, carbon monoxide, control, metal catalysts, catalyst composition, catalytic incineration, emission control technologies, air pollutants, air pollution, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), oxidation, catalytic oxidation, metal oxide, characterization of catalysts, metal oxides, C2F6Progress and Final Reports:
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